There’s been a torrent of leaks that over the months have given us a fairly complete have a look at Quest Professional, Meta’s subsequent high-end VR headset possible seeing an enormous reveal at Join subsequent month. Now it seems a brand new gadget is being topic to the identical leaky therapy, with a supposed consumer-focused ‘Quest 3’ headset now surfacing.
{Hardware} analyst and YouTuber Brad Lynch (aka ‘SadlyItsBradley’) has been a driving pressure behind most of the Quest Professional leaks up to now, and now Lynch has revealed in a brand new video what he believes to be CAD information associated to a ‘lower-end’ client headset that follows within the footsteps of Quest 2, ostensibly known as Quest 3.
Lynch maintains the gadget in query is codenamed ‘Stinson’, saying it’s slated to launch sooner or later in 2023. Moreover, he studies the headset shall be considerably of a step between Quest 2 and the upcoming Quest Professional, the latter of which focuses extra on augmented actuality duties due to the inclusion of a shade passthrough digicam and depth sensor.
Right here’s a fast rundown of Lynch’s details:
- Comfortable strap like Quest 2 and no back-mounted battery
- 2 cameras for 6DOF monitoring
- 4-camera array: 2 BW + 2 RGB
- Depth sensor
- 2 LCD shows
- mechanical IPD changes
- Pancake lenses
- No eye or face monitoring
- Single fan design
- Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 (second gen) SoC
- Pogo pin connector for dock charging
And right here’s a have a look at the CAD information of the alleged Quest 3 (Stinson), displaying off the outside, and internals from below the faceplate and facial interface:
The headset is alleged to be a less expensive, consumer-focused gadget that can launch someday after Quest Professional. Offered the leak is real and represents a near-final product, it truly makes an excessive amount of sense contemplating Meta might make use of its $800+ Quest Professional as a type of high-end developer equipment designed to kick off the event of a brand new rash of blended actuality video games and experiences, possible with the tip purpose of capitalizing on that new spate of content material with a extra commercially accessible product.
To be clear, all leaks must be taken with a grain of salt. Lynch is nonetheless well-known for his accuracy in previous reporting on unannounced software program options and bodily {hardware}, touching upon Quest 2, Quest Professional (aka Undertaking Cambria), Pico 4, and Pimax 12K to call a couple of. Briefly, Lynch being concerned most likely suggests we’re coping with one thing nearing the ultimate levels of manufacturing.
Once more, supplied that is true, it might be Quest 3 can also be seeking to duke it out with its largest rival as of late, ByteDance’s Pico Interactive, which is on the point of launch the consumer-focused Pico 4 in Europe and components of Asia in October—a powerful competitor to Quest 2. We’ll be watching to see how each firms mature their respective blended actuality content material libraries in what could be the very close to future although.
For a extra in-depth rationalization on the alleged Quest 3, be sure to take a look at Lynch’s full video under:
